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A few weeks ago, Helveticuz first space shuttle was launched and it was a succes. This day the Federal Space Agnecy was born and is seeking allies for the new space program. The spaceshutlle is at this moment back on earth, getting new engines by the FSA engineers.

A huge space program is beginning, and we need some allies to afford the whole program. If you are interested, please sign up.

The program

The FSA is planning a trip to Mars with the new Devan robot. It should be send to collect samples of the surface and prepare a landing of a human spacecraft.
First of is a travel to the moon, codenamed Raven Project, and the construction of a lander is already started. In about 3 years the lander should be finished.

Observe!!

We do not have for reason to build up a massive "space army". We are just interested in exploring the universe. This is one of many big steps in human history, perhaps the greatest. Building weapons of mass destruction up there is none of our interests.

All nations are welcomed.

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The Federal Space Agency insignia

Pwnica would like to extend its congratulations to Helveticuz in their first successful space launch. We have a large fleet so we wouldn't be "suited for your needs", so to speak, but we would like to donate 50 billion USD for your space program. The money has been wired, and we wish you the best of luck.

Well done!
the Nestbox Of Owldom wishes to extend an invetaion to Helveticuz to use it's orbital re-fuleing station to extend it's shuttles orbital duration.

You can have free publicity on our new corporation "DotF TV". We'll cover any major events with your space program to free-to-air TV and premium cable.

Thank you, Pwnica, Owldom and Jerusalem.

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The Dominion of Kanuckistan would like to congratulate your nation on this milestone achievment on your journey into space.

As a nation with well-rooted interstellar holdings, we'd not be well suited to a mutual-research endevor, but we continue to maintain several older orbital facilities, and would be willing to donate one to provide your space program with a ready-made perminant foothold and research platform in space.

Oh, and watch out for the Great Equatorial Debris Ring that circles the equator; a side effect of tens of thousands of space-programs launching stuff into space over the last few centuries. Stuff builds up faster than to de-orbits.


OOC:
Station'd be a fairly simple, modular affair; solar powered, and well armoured against even large impacts, with an electro-chemical catalystic atmospheric recycling system for an unlimited O2 supply, commercially-avalible modern-tech filters for other stuff that might become airborne, and a high-efficency water recycling system similar to the ones used currently. I'd like to give it gravity plating in crew areas, which can easily be switched off, but totally zero-gee or rotational-gravity simulation is also possible.

You wouldn't get any tech, tho; just a spiffy research platform, basic maintaince instructions, and at-cost replacment parts.